PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

Phaethon lepturus  

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
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© Kay Parkin 2013
Christmas Island, AUS (Feb, 2013)

Nesting in tree hollows or caves it is interesting to watch it climb in and out of a tiny hollow with it's long golden tail.

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Golden Bosunbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird